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Bill: Military Reform Act of 2782
Details
Submitted by[?]: Kolonial Partei
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: May 2783
Description[?]:
| a) Homosexuality should not be promoted through open tolerance b) Our prisoners, our laws. The current infringes on Hulstria's national sovereignty. c) Women, being inherently inferior physiologically to men, should not serve in dangerous combat situations. Furthermore, by allowing both men and women to serve, this sets a dangerous precedent in which both parents can die in combat. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Military stance on homosexuality.
Old value:: Homosexuality is allowed in the military.
Current: Homosexuality is allowed in the military.
Proposed: Open homosexuality is not tolerated in the military. The military has a "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
Old value:: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Current: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Proposed: Prisoners of war are treated according to the national laws of the captor power.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Women in the military.
Old value:: Women serve alongside men.
Current: Women serve alongside men.
Proposed: Women can only serve in non-battle positions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:20:47, July 07, 2009 CET | From |  Leutes Kommunistische Liga | To | Debating the Military Reform Act of 2782 |
| Message | We support #2 |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 309 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 416 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: The majority of nations in Particracy are "Culturally Protected" with an established cultural background. Only the "Culturally Open" nations are not bound by the rules surrounding culture. The Cultural Protocols Index should be consulted for more information about the cultural situation of each nation. |
| Random quote: "A man who has no office to go to - I don't care who he is - is a trial of which you can have no conception." - George Bernard Shaw |